Fishing Thread

Another great Alaska fishing trip. Gotta do at least 3 days fishing to deal with weather and no exception this time. First day was windy and rainy, the fishing spot was like deadliest catch - constant 10+ feet rollers all day. Second day was better, yesterday was perfect (but by no stretch of the imagination calm in open water). Highlight catches:

Biggest king salmon

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Biggest halibut - right at the keeper limit of 40"

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Biggest Ling cod

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Lots of coho salmon. Also caught tons of humpies and chum salmon which are fun to catch but not good eating. Back they went

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Limited out on rock bass one day in about 1 hour

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I caught this yellow eye. Good eating but protected in this area so couldn't keep

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The vessel

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End of fishing pic with the captain who was terrific. Native Alaskan and part indigenous. We are already planning to return next year.

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rick81721 said:
Another great Alaska fishing trip. Gotta do at least 3 days fishing to deal with weather and no exception this time. First day was windy and rainy, the fishing spot was like deadliest catch - constant 10+ feet rollers all day. Second day was better, yesterday was perfect (but by no stretch of the imagination calm in open water). Highlight catches:

Biggest king salmon

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Biggest halibut - right at the keeper limit of 40"

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Biggest Ling cod

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Lots of coho salmon. Also caught tons of humpies and chum salmon which are fun to catch but not good eating. Back they went

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Limited out on rock bass one day in about 1 hour

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I caught this yellow eye. Good eating but protected in this area so couldn't keep

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The vessel

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End of fishing pic with the captain who was terrific. Native Alaskan and part indigenous. We are already planning to return next year.

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Very nice, I have no sea legs and getting sick thinking about the swells. I think you mean rockfish, which tastes a lot like cod. My uncle when he was still alive used to fish them a few times a year. The color of the yellow-eye is amazing, glad it's being protected.
 
qclabrat said:
Very nice, I have no sea legs and getting sick thinking about the swells. I think you mean rockfish, which tastes a lot like cod. My uncle when he was still alive used to fish them a few times a year. The color of the yellow-eye is amazing, glad it's being protected.
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Yes rockfish but they look like bass. Several very similar looking species that we caught but either couldn't keep or were not good eating.
 
Nice! I’m not a fisherman so I don’t pop in here. impromptu Yolo moment, friend and I took the kids out. He’s a fisherman . He hands out the poles. I prefer that. We were drifting. Caught a fluke and some other rainbow something?
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